THIRD PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 7

S.Y. 2022- 2023

Name:______________________________________________Date:__________________
Grade/Section:_______________________________________Score:_________________

Directions: Read each item carefully. Write only the letter of the correct answer on the space before each
question.

_____1. Elsa is sitting still on a chair but Jose claims that Elsa is actually moving. Which is the point of
reference of Elsa?
A. chair B. floor C. earth D. sun
_____2. Which of the following measurements correctly express distance?
A. 16 m/s B. 13 m C. 8 /s D. 7 m North
_____3. Which of the following statement is true?
I. The distance travelled by an object can be equal to its displacement
II. The displacement of a moving object can be greater than its distance travelled
A. I B. II C. both I and II D. none of the above
_____4. A scalar quantity has magnitude only while a vector quantity includes both magnitude and
vector. Which among the following quantities is an example of a vector?
A. mass B. temperature C. velocity D. speed
_____5. A train is moving along a straight railway to Eastward direction. If the train covers 450km in
1.5hrs, what is the train’s velocity?
A. 150 km/h West B. 225 km/h East C. 300 km/h East D. 250 km/h West
_____6. Displacement is a vector quantity. Which of the following best describes a vector quantity?
A. It has direction only. C. It has both magnitude and direction.
B. It has magnitude only. D. It has no magnitude and no direction.
_____7. Which of the following graphs describes uniform speed?

A. I and III B. II and IV C. I and II D. I, II and V

_____8. The velocity of the car per unit time is shown in the table below. Which of the following
statements is TRUE ?

A. The car is decelerating between 4-5 hours.

B. The car is accelerating between 1-2 hours.
C. The car returns to its original position after 5 hours.
D. The acceleration of the car from 2-3 hours and from 3-4 hours is the same.
_____9. In which of the following situation is the object accelerating?
I. A truck changing direction
II. A car speeding up in a highway
III. A moving motorcycle comes to a stop
IV. A rolling ball moving with a uniform speed
A. I B. II C. III D. IV
_____10. A toy when whirled has a uniform speed and moves in a circular path. Which of the following
assumption is /are TRUE? I. The toy has a uniform velocity.
II. The toy is accelerating.
A. I B. II C. both I and II D. neither I nor II
_____11. When is an object said to be in motion?
I. When its position changes with respect to a point of reference
II. When its distance changes with respect to a point of reference
III. When its direction changes with respect to a point of reference
A. I and II only B. I and III only C. II and III only D. I, II and III
_____12. Which among the following quantities is a scalar quantity?
A. 40 m C. 62 km West
B. 50 m/s , North East D. 75 cm, to the right
_____13. Which of the following statements is true about an object that travels 5 meters to the left, then
2 meters up , then another 5 meters to the right?
A. The displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters.
B. The displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters down.
C. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters.
D. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters down.
_____14. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the object moving with constant speed?
A. The object is not accelerating.
B. The speed of the object is equal to zero.
C. The distance travelled by the object increases uniformly.
D. The speed of the object remains the same all throughout the travel.
_____15. Which of the following graphs shows that the object’s motion is accelerating?

_____16. What does the slope of a distance vs. time graph represents?
A. acceleration C. distance
B. displacement D. speed
_____17. What does the slope of a speed vs. time graph represent?
A. acceleration C. force
B. distance D. speed
_____18. A vehicle travels 100km in 2hrs. What is the vehicle’s speed?
A. 50 km/h C. 60 km/h
B. 35 km/h D. 80 km/h
_____19. What kind of waves is displayed by a colorful slinky that moves back and forth?
A. transverse waves B. longitudinal waves C. surface waves D. light wave
_____20. Which of the following waves is displayed by the paper boat in motion on the basin of water?
A. transverse waves B. longitudinal waves C. surface waves D. light wave
_____21.What happens to the particles when waves pass by in a rope?
A. vibrating alternately C. vibrating slowly
B. vibrating continuously D. none of these
_____22. What do you call a disturbance that carries energy through a medium?
A. force ````````B. particle C. motion D. wave
_____23. What type of wave needs a medium to travel?
A. electromagnetic C. longitudinal
B. mechanical D. transverse
_____24. How does transverse wave propagate?
A. up and down C. right and down
B. left and down D. parallel to the motion
_____25. What kind of wave is produced when playing a guitar?
A. transverse wave C. electromagnetic wave
B. mechanical wave D. none of the above
_____26. What would happen to matter as a mechanical wave passes through it?
A. It would heat up.
B. Its particles would start to move.
C. It will start passing the energy to nearby particles.
D. All of the above
_____27. What type of wave does not need a medium to travel?
A. electromagnetic C. longitudinal
B. Mechanical D. transverse
_____28 How does longitudinal wave propagate?
A. up and down C. forward and back
B. left and down D. perpendicular to the motion
_____29. When you’re turning on a flashlight, what kind of wave do you produce?
A. longitudinal C. electromagnetic wave
B. mechanical wave D. none of the above
_____30. What would happen to matter as an electromagnetic wave comes in contact with it?
A. It would heat up.
B. Its particles would star to move.
C. It will start passing the energy to nearby particles.
D. All of the above
_____31. Which of the following medium is not capable of transmitting sound?
A. air B. steel C. water D. vacuum
 _____32. Which of the following expressions show the relationship between speed, wavelength and
frequency?
A. v = λf B. k= λf C. v= λ/f D. v= f/λ
_____33. Which of the following characteristics of sound describes high frequency?
A. low pitch B. high pitch C. low energy D. A and C
_____34. Which of the following objects will produce sound?
A. soft objects C. vibrating objects
B. radio stations D. objects under pressure
_____35. What happens if an elastic band is stretched and plucked?
A. sound increases in pitch C. sound decreases in pitch
B. sound is not produced D. none of these
_____36. A sound travelling at 331m/s has a frequency of 200 Hz. What is its wavelength?
A. 1.4 m C. 1.66 m
B. 1.5 m D. 1.77 m
_____37. A Grade 7 learner investigated on how light waves travel in space. The sketch of his set up and his
observation is shown on the right. What can be inferred about how light waves travel in space?
I. Light waves travel in a straight line
II. Light waves travel outward from its source
III. Light waves bend even when traveling in a uniform medium

A. I and II C. I and III

B. II and III D. All statements are correct.
_____38. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the effect of distance and surface temperature on
I. Thethe apparent
closer brightness
the star, of the
the higher stars?
is its apparent magnitude (brightness).
II. The farther the star , the higher is its apparent magnitude (brightness).
III. The higher the temperature of the star, the higher is its apparent magnitude (brightness).
IV. The lower the temperature of the star, the higher is the apparent magnitude (brightness).
.
A. I and II C. I and III
B. I and IV D. II and IV
For items 39 and 40, refer to the table below:
COLOR OF LIGHT WAVELENGTH FREQUENCY
VIOLET 400 nm 744 THz
GREEN 530 nm 566 THz
YELLOW 580 nm 517 THz
RED 700nm 422 THz
_____39. Which of the following statements describes the relationship between wavelength and frequency of
light?
A. Different colors of light have different wavelengths.
B. Different colors of light have different frequencies.
C. When the wavelength is long, the frequency is low.
D. When the wavelength is long, the frequency is high.
_____40. Which of the following is TRUE about the speed in a vacuum of these colors of light?
A. All colors of light have equal speeds in a vacuum.
B. All colors of light have varying speeds in a vacuum.
C. Violet light has the highest speed while red light has the lowest speed.
D. Red light has the highest speed while violet light has the lowest speed.
_____41. In which object does white light undergo dispersion?
A. glass C. cloth
B. white paper D. prism
_____42. Which of the following is a proof that light travels in a straight line?
A. formation of shadows C. formation of rainbow
B. formation of clouds D. formation of colors
Use this information to answer Question 43-47
A man and a woman are making a noodle soup using a pan made up of metal.
_____43. How does heat travel through the pan?
A. radiation B. dispersion C. convection D. conduction
_____44. How does heat travel through the soup?
A. radiation B. dispersion C. convection D. conduction
_____45. In what direction does heat travel through the soup?
A. from top to bottom B. both A and B C. from bottom to top D. neither A or B
_____46. Which of the following explains why the lady is able to hold the handle of a pan with her bare hand?
I. The handle is made up of good insulator of heat
II. The handle has low thermal conductivity
III. The handle has high thermal expansion
A. I and II only C. II and III only
B. I and III only D. I, II, and III
_____47. Which of the following methods of heat transfer is NOT taking place in the given situation?
A. conduction C. radiation
B. convection D. none of them
_____48. Which of the following statements pertaining to a vacuum flask (thermos) is NOT correct?
A. Silvering reduces radiation loss . C. Vacuum reduces conduction loss.
B. Vacuum reduces radiation loss. D. Vacuum reduces convection loss.
____49. Where does convection occur?
A. only in gases C. only in fluids
B. only in liquids D. in gases, liquids and solids
_____50. When you touch a piece of ice with your finger, what is the direction of the energy flow?
A. from your finger to the ice C. both ways
B. from the ice to the finger D. Energy does not flow.
_____51. Which of the following best describes heat?
A. is the energy produced by the sun.
B. It is the total kinetic energy of an object.
C. It is the measure of hotness or coldness of an object.
D. It is the energy that flows from one object to another.
_____52. Which of the following is required for heat transfer?
A. differences in mass C. differences in properties
B. differences in volume D. differences in temperature
_____53. What will happen if an object releases heat?
A. It will become hotter. C. It will have lower temperature.
B. It will become cooler. D. It will have a higher temperature.
_____54. Which of the following refers to the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a
sample of matter?
A. heat C. temperature
B. heat transfer D. thermometer
_____55. What will happen when two like charges are brought together?
A. repel each other C. neutralize each other
B. attract each other D. have no effect on each other
_____56. A material can be positively charged by _____________________. Which of the following set of
words will complete the sentence?
A. gaining protons C. losing protons
B. gaining electrons D. losing electrons
_____57. If you comb your hair and the comb becomes positively charged, what will happen to your hair?
A. It will remain uncharged. C. It will become positively charged.
B. It will be repelled by the comb. D. It will become negatively charged.
_____58. Which of the following can be attracted by a positively charged object?
A. another positively charged object C. a neutral object
B. any other object D. negatively charged object
_____59. A negatively charged rod is brought near a metal can that rests on a wooden box. You touch the
opposite side of the can momentarily with your finger. If you remove your finger before moving the
rod, what will happen to the can?
A. It will be discharged. C. It will become positively charged.
B. Its charge will remain as it was. D. It will become negatively charged.
_____60. Is it possible to charge an electrical insulator?
A. Yes, because electrons can be transferred between insulators through fiction.
B. No, because they hinder charges from passing through them.
C. No, because insulators have no free charges in them.
D. Yes, because they can also conduct electricity.
Answer Key
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. D
12. A
13. C
14. B
16. D
17. A
18. A
19. B
20. C
21. A
22. D
23. B
24. A
25. B
26. D
27. A
28. C
29. C
30. D
31. D
32. A
33. B
34. C
35. D
36. C
37. A
38. C
39. D
40. A
41. D
42. A
43. C
44. C
45. C
46. A
47. D
48. C
49. D
50. A
51. D
52. D
53. C
54. A
55. A
56. D
57. D
58. D
59. C
60. D